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he's an eisenhower conservative. he's not a liberal. >> i agree 100 percent. i mean, obama has been -- i'm always shocked when people call obama a socialist, because he's -- in fact, i think you might be doing a disservice to eisenhower. >> and -- >> if i can choose to be grateful for my life, love the life i have in the midst of all this, then i can be grateful for other things. >> funding is provided by: carnegie corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the kohlberg foundation. independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and pe
he's an eisenhower conservative. he's not a liberal. >> i agree 100 percent. i mean, obama has been -- i'm always shocked when people call obama a socialist, because he's -- in fact, i think you might be doing a disservice to eisenhower. >> and -- >> if i can choose to be grateful for my life, love the life i have in the midst of all this, then i can be grateful for other things. >> funding is provided by: carnegie corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of...
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we have dwight eisenhower and franklin roosevelt. ike from the right, fdr from the left, each of them admiring lincoln. there's a quote, a famous quote about the role of government. talk about something contemporary. well, both eisenhower and fdr regarded it as their favorite lincoln quote. in fact, barack obama quoted from the same passage in his state of the union address. >> i'm a democrat. but i believe what republican abraham lincoln believed-- that government should do for people only what they cannot do better by themselves and no more. ( applause ) >> you can take away from lincoln almost anything that you want. presidents in war time, embattled presidents, unpopular presidents-- they all look to lincoln. he's their patron saint, because no president was more embattled or more unpopular than lincoln was during his presidency. we think he was born on mount rushmore. not so. theodore roosevelt hung his picture in the president's office and said, "whenever i have a major decision to make, i always ask myself would lincoln would
we have dwight eisenhower and franklin roosevelt. ike from the right, fdr from the left, each of them admiring lincoln. there's a quote, a famous quote about the role of government. talk about something contemporary. well, both eisenhower and fdr regarded it as their favorite lincoln quote. in fact, barack obama quoted from the same passage in his state of the union address. >> i'm a democrat. but i believe what republican abraham lincoln believed-- that government should do for people...
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eisenhower is in the grip of an ideology conceived by a pre-teenager who apparently remains to this day in a state of arrested adolescence. >> well, you know, the fact is, the idea that, you know, "no, i'm not ever going to do this no matter the circumstances, no matter if we're at war," whatever, it is a 12-year-old kind of thinking. you know, it's a childish way of thinking. but you can't just blame grover. there are members of the united states senate and united states house who have signed those pledges. and let me say, i mean, we're talking about taxes and that's the norquist pledge. you know, but supporters of other positions on immigration, a lot of different issues, when you're running for office ask you to sign a pledge, sign a pledge that you will support this, sign a pledge that you -- you know, the right thing for a member of congress to say is, "you know the way i think. you know what my values are. i will look at the issues through that lens. you know, but, you know, the oath of office i take says that my job is to serve the country and the constitution. and, you know, i'm
eisenhower is in the grip of an ideology conceived by a pre-teenager who apparently remains to this day in a state of arrested adolescence. >> well, you know, the fact is, the idea that, you know, "no, i'm not ever going to do this no matter the circumstances, no matter if we're at war," whatever, it is a 12-year-old kind of thinking. you know, it's a childish way of thinking. but you can't just blame grover. there are members of the united states senate and united states house...
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he's introduced by susan eisenhower, granddaughter at the eisenhower institute in washington d.c. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> what an honor and treat to be at the eisenhower institute and especially an honor to have susan introduced me. you know, families can be a little touchy about the great man and their family, but the eisenhower's were amazing with me. john, susan, david are completely open, not defensive, which is unusual. incredibly helpful and i could not have done this book without them. so thank you, susan. six weeks after dwight eisenhower became president, stalin died. paik caught together top advisers and officials in that, what's the plan? .. is >> little bit like colonel sanders of kentucky fried chicken. was clearly a figure. ike was rooting for the general, the head of the red army was ike's ally in defeating the nazis in world war ii. eisenhower sent his son john out to do a little spying. john seidel up to him. things are not as they seem. president eisenhower did not find out who was really in charge until the fifth day of the conference, when ike p
he's introduced by susan eisenhower, granddaughter at the eisenhower institute in washington d.c. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> what an honor and treat to be at the eisenhower institute and especially an honor to have susan introduced me. you know, families can be a little touchy about the great man and their family, but the eisenhower's were amazing with me. john, susan, david are completely open, not defensive, which is unusual. incredibly helpful and i could not have done...
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thomas is introduced by susan eisenhower the granddaughter of the dwight eisenhower at the eisenhower institute in washington d.c.. this is about 50 minutes. .. >> the answer was there is no plan. i blew up, not for the first or last time, and said, how can it be the head of the soviet union dies, and we have no contingency plan. it was criminal, said the president. the truth was the united states and the other western nations had very little idea of what was happening behind the iron curtain. two years later at the first summit meeting of the cold war era at geneva in 1955, the united states still did not know who was running the soviet union. they sent four leaders, one tall white man in a white suit with a white goatee who looked like colonel sanders from kentucky fried chicken, clearly, a figure head. the head of the red army, ike's ally in defeating the nazis in world war ii. eisenhower spent his son, john, to do some spying. subdued and shaken, just whispered, "things are not as they seem." presidentize -- president eisenhower found out who was in charge on the fifth day of the
thomas is introduced by susan eisenhower the granddaughter of the dwight eisenhower at the eisenhower institute in washington d.c.. this is about 50 minutes. .. >> the answer was there is no plan. i blew up, not for the first or last time, and said, how can it be the head of the soviet union dies, and we have no contingency plan. it was criminal, said the president. the truth was the united states and the other western nations had very little idea of what was happening behind the iron...
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eisenhower's on his way up by now. but you had, of course, lbj constantly drawing on johnson's -- on eisenhower's wisdom. >> and, you know, the great thing about eisenhower, too, was just that he was so popular among the people. that great song "i like ike, because ike is easy to like," no one else had such a good song. but lbj is rising, too, and i think it's about time that he does. he left under such a cloud, the scar in vietnam so, so painful at the time he left, and the combination now of some distance from the war, the recognition that what he accomplished domestically we cannot take for granted, three great civil rights laws, medicare, just the vibrancy in those tapes, all you have to do is listen and he's back alive again swearing and being the most fascinating person that i've ever met in public life. and the books are helping because they create this giant character. he deserves it. >> and giant situations in front of him the way he came in as well as the way he left. >> a giant character and also -- >> dark
eisenhower's on his way up by now. but you had, of course, lbj constantly drawing on johnson's -- on eisenhower's wisdom. >> and, you know, the great thing about eisenhower, too, was just that he was so popular among the people. that great song "i like ike, because ike is easy to like," no one else had such a good song. but lbj is rising, too, and i think it's about time that he does. he left under such a cloud, the scar in vietnam so, so painful at the time he left, and the...
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no mention of eisenhower because he doesn't really like eisenhower. that is joseph mccarthy obviously but that is the person that wayne is biggest in support of and big jim mclean is out in 1952, the story of a tough guy, big jim, constantly mentioned that he is 6 foot 3 or something throughout the movie on many occasions. he is working for the house un-american activities committee. this is big gym. big jim goes out to hawaii to break up a communist spy ring mostly made up of doctors in hawaii. in the end what he does is he finds where these guys are having a meeting and rushes into the meeting and beat the communists up using his fists in a big fight and what transpires is he follows the story are, they went back, testified and got off and he starts to say something along the lines that may be the constitution isn't all that great. maybe these congressional committees are now the right thing to do. maybe we should just bareknuckle it with communist. we need to have a few more fistfights and less congressional committees investigating and that style
no mention of eisenhower because he doesn't really like eisenhower. that is joseph mccarthy obviously but that is the person that wayne is biggest in support of and big jim mclean is out in 1952, the story of a tough guy, big jim, constantly mentioned that he is 6 foot 3 or something throughout the movie on many occasions. he is working for the house un-american activities committee. this is big gym. big jim goes out to hawaii to break up a communist spy ring mostly made up of doctors in...
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obama and eisenhower were doing something right that a clear majority the american people liked but what could that be we're all pretty familiar with the platform on which obama won reelection but what about eisenhower well a simple read of the republican party's one nine hundred fifty six platform gives you all the answers you need they started out by noting that the republican party of nine hundred fifty six was in support of all the people not just the millionaires and the corporations they wrote our government was created. by the people for all the people animals serve no less a purpose we are proud of and shall continue our far reaching and sound advances in matters of basic human needs expansion of social security really broadened coverage and unemployment insurance while whole improved housing and better health protection for all our people we are determined that our government remain warmly responsive to the urgent social and economic problems of our people. first this was before paul ryan was born i could his republican buddies also like to the idea of being part of an inte
obama and eisenhower were doing something right that a clear majority the american people liked but what could that be we're all pretty familiar with the platform on which obama won reelection but what about eisenhower well a simple read of the republican party's one nine hundred fifty six platform gives you all the answers you need they started out by noting that the republican party of nine hundred fifty six was in support of all the people not just the millionaires and the corporations they...
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was eisenhower a unique individual? >> it wasn't his military genius that made him successful, but political genius. truman said he will come in and give the ares and press the buttons and nothing will happen. he will see the frustration of being president. eisenhower could deal with that because he had a long view. weirdly and this sounds odd, but he cut the military and defense spending because he could get away with it. he did it quietly and he warned against the mill stare industrial complex, but quietly he was doing that all along as president or trying to. >> it seems your part of this crowd, we are going to see a revival of the eisenhower president. is that a model for future presidents? >> i hope so. it suits my taste. i think people will compromise who is not pounding away at an ideological point. >> evan thomas, the book is ike's bluff, the secret battle to save the world. he is an underwritten about president. you got it first. >> thank you, chuck. >> thank you, sir. top quality interview from chuck todd. 110
was eisenhower a unique individual? >> it wasn't his military genius that made him successful, but political genius. truman said he will come in and give the ares and press the buttons and nothing will happen. he will see the frustration of being president. eisenhower could deal with that because he had a long view. weirdly and this sounds odd, but he cut the military and defense spending because he could get away with it. he did it quietly and he warned against the mill stare industrial...
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eisenhower came in creating what would later be called eisenhower republicans, a group that seems near extinction. evans thomas is author of a new book that is getting great reviews. and david eisenhower, for whom camp david was named, is the grandson of ike. eisenhower republicanism, it meant an internationalist view of the world, anti-communist but very moderate in the politics compared to the hard right that we have today. >> sure. the hard right wanted to get rid of the new deal and eisenhower said, no, we're going to keep it and appeal to moderates and he did. he won overwhelmingly in 1952 and by a landslide in 1956. >> your thoughts about his legacy then. rockefeller and create some kind of legacy for moderation? >> well, what he did was he started a national republican that involved in the new deal the harry truman deal. he's the first in line starting in 1962 and did it by combining, i would say, pro-business conservative principles on one hand but moderation and outlook and in manner and above all, the ability to reach across the aisle. i think this is something that he had. b
eisenhower came in creating what would later be called eisenhower republicans, a group that seems near extinction. evans thomas is author of a new book that is getting great reviews. and david eisenhower, for whom camp david was named, is the grandson of ike. eisenhower republicanism, it meant an internationalist view of the world, anti-communist but very moderate in the politics compared to the hard right that we have today. >> sure. the hard right wanted to get rid of the new deal and...
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obama and eisenhower were doing something right that a clear majority the american people liked but what could that be we're all pretty familiar with the platform on which obama won reelection but what about eyes you know well a simple read of the republican party's nine hundred fifty six platform gives you all the answers you need they started out by noting that the republican party of nine hundred fifty six was in support of all the people not just the millionaires and the corporations they wrote our government was created. by the people for all the people animals serve no less a purpose we are proud of and shall continue our far reaching and sound advances in matters of basic human needs expansion of social security really broadened coverage and unemployment insurance while whole improved housing and better health protection for all our people we are determined that our government remain warmly responsive to the urgent social and economic problems of our people. first this was before paul ryan was born i could as republican buddies also like to the idea of being part of an intern
obama and eisenhower were doing something right that a clear majority the american people liked but what could that be we're all pretty familiar with the platform on which obama won reelection but what about eyes you know well a simple read of the republican party's nine hundred fifty six platform gives you all the answers you need they started out by noting that the republican party of nine hundred fifty six was in support of all the people not just the millionaires and the corporations they...
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unlike today's republicans eisenhower's republican party could stomach a modest increase in taxes in today's taxes on the rich since the top marginal income tax rate during eisenhower's was over ninety percent that was a party that promoted spending more federal money for the good of the nation it was during the eisenhower administration that the interstate highway system was built just look at the republican party's official nine hundred fifty six platform and you'll see what that party used to stand for and how it's been utterly decimated by lunatics today the planks of that platform included programs of assistance to the millions of workers with special employment problems such as older workers and it kept workers members of minority groups and migratory workers it included help for the low wage workers and extended protection of the federal minimum wage laws to as many workers as is possible and practicable it included help for victims of discrimination with the pledge to continue to fight for the elimination of discrimination in employment because of race creed color national or
unlike today's republicans eisenhower's republican party could stomach a modest increase in taxes in today's taxes on the rich since the top marginal income tax rate during eisenhower's was over ninety percent that was a party that promoted spending more federal money for the good of the nation it was during the eisenhower administration that the interstate highway system was built just look at the republican party's official nine hundred fifty six platform and you'll see what that party used...
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unlike today's republicans eisenhower's republican party could stomach a modest increase in taxes in today's taxes on the rich since the top marginal income tax rate during eisenhower's was over ninety percent that was a party that promoted spending more federal money for the good of the nation it was during the eisenhower administration that the interstate highway system was built just look at the republican party's official nine hundred fifty six platform and you'll see what that party used to stand for and how it's been utterly decimated by lunatics today the planks of that platform included programs of assistance to the millions of workers with special employment problems such as older workers and kept workers members of minority groups and migratory workers it included help for the low wage workers and extended protection of the federal minimum wage laws to as many workers as is possible and practicable it included help for victims of discrimination with the pledge to continue to fight for the elimination of discrimination in employment because of race creed color national origi
unlike today's republicans eisenhower's republican party could stomach a modest increase in taxes in today's taxes on the rich since the top marginal income tax rate during eisenhower's was over ninety percent that was a party that promoted spending more federal money for the good of the nation it was during the eisenhower administration that the interstate highway system was built just look at the republican party's official nine hundred fifty six platform and you'll see what that party used...
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president eisenhower had a lot of discussions with john foster dulles, secretary of state about the way the united states is seen around the world because of the racism going on, that people
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president eisenhower had a lot of discussions with john foster dulles, secretary of state about the way the united states is seen around the world because of the racism going on, that people would hear about and read about and the fact that there seemed to be a lot of episodes that kept happening, whether as lynching or some discrimination taking place in the country. so the idea was eisenhower said he was going to ask congress to set up a civil rights commission, which would put the facts on top of the table. i'm told by one of the people who was at the meeting that he slammed the table and said there are the facts on top of the table. and commission says we know who do policy sometimes set up because there's a tough problem and people don't want to do anything about it. they get a report on it goes away. this commission was supposed to put the facts on top of the table and then its future would depend on what i found out, how aggressive it was some of the public thought about what they were doing. >> host: this is initially set up as a temporary commission. >> guest: yes, it was tempo
president eisenhower had a lot of discussions with john foster dulles, secretary of state about the way the united states is seen around the world because of the racism going on, that people would hear about and read about and the fact that there seemed to be a lot of episodes that kept happening, whether as lynching or some discrimination taking place in the country. so the idea was eisenhower said he was going to ask congress to set up a civil rights commission, which would put the facts on...
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president eisenhower had a lot of discussion with john foster dulles the secretary of state because of the races around the world people would hear about and read about and the fact there seemed to be episodes whether lynching or discrimination in the country. eisenhower said he would ask congress to set up a civil-rights commission to put the facts on the table and i am told by someone at the meeting he slammed the table and they will put the facts on the table. policy is sometimes said up because there is a tough problem is that the report then they go away but in the future would depend on what it found out and how aggressive it was in the public thought about it. >>host: initially it was set up as a temporary commission? >>guest: right. the right age one year before the overall crisis. it was too diffuse part of the crisis to present a better image of the country to the world. if on the way they could recommend solutions, that would be great. >>host: who was the first commission? >>guest: to put people on there who would be respected. from the white man he was president from univer
president eisenhower had a lot of discussion with john foster dulles the secretary of state because of the races around the world people would hear about and read about and the fact there seemed to be episodes whether lynching or discrimination in the country. eisenhower said he would ask congress to set up a civil-rights commission to put the facts on the table and i am told by someone at the meeting he slammed the table and they will put the facts on the table. policy is sometimes said up...
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eisenhower thinking the staff at the white house. at the same time the income then-president, that year john f. kennedy and his wife, there are leaving the blair house getting ready for the big day. another thing -- another thing that takes place on inauguration morning, and this will happen again coming is a religious service. when i was in washington with my wife a few years ago just half a block from where were saying there was this church, the 1:00 a.m. each church, traditional african-american church. that is where the inauguration church services took place for america's first black president, bill clinton. [laughter] now, all little nap here for you. things start off at the white house and move along pennsylvania avenue toward the capitol which is on the right. there is a traditional copy of the white house the takes place. it's a big deal on the days when there's a transition from one president to another. it began in 1961, net was a year or allow these pictures were made available. you don't normally see these pictures. here
eisenhower thinking the staff at the white house. at the same time the income then-president, that year john f. kennedy and his wife, there are leaving the blair house getting ready for the big day. another thing -- another thing that takes place on inauguration morning, and this will happen again coming is a religious service. when i was in washington with my wife a few years ago just half a block from where were saying there was this church, the 1:00 a.m. each church, traditional...
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eisenhower hall. named for dwight eisenhower, it's one of the largest theaters in america designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. so let's get right to it. here is the west pointed band in the holiday concert performing. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> jon: we have much more of hudson valley holiday concert as the special continues, as well as behind the scenes look. as we take a quick break. here the west point glee club singing mansions of the lord. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ initiated. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself. >> jon: we're back with the west point holiday special. i'm jon scott here on the grounds of military academy at west point to bring you the amazing sound of the west point band the academy sits on a plateau overlooking hudson river and the location was chose
eisenhower hall. named for dwight eisenhower, it's one of the largest theaters in america designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. so let's get right to it. here is the west pointed band in the holiday concert performing. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> jon: we have much more of hudson valley holiday concert as the special continues, as well as behind the scenes look. as we take a quick break. here the west point glee club singing mansions of...
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eisenhower makes its way back from the middle east on board about five thousand sailors. ike as it's known as one of ten aircraft carriers the u.s. navy now has in commission a massive military ship has an estimated worth of four point five billion dollars over a thousand feet long i can carry eighty to ninety aircraft that includes planes and helicopters soon drones will be on board ike and other aircraft carriers like it before returning to its home base here in norfolk virginia the u.s.s. eisenhower was one of the largest instruments of power in the persian gulf as part of the fifth fleet that was ready to respond in the event of an emergency in the middle east for six months the u.s.s. eisenhower was tasked with keeping the peace in the waters of the middle east we completed a six month deployment over the mediterranean your arabian gulf the indian ocean and we execute our mission to set the conditions for economic prosperity and maritime security part of that means patrolling the strait of hormuz a critical waterway through which twenty percent of the world's oil is
eisenhower makes its way back from the middle east on board about five thousand sailors. ike as it's known as one of ten aircraft carriers the u.s. navy now has in commission a massive military ship has an estimated worth of four point five billion dollars over a thousand feet long i can carry eighty to ninety aircraft that includes planes and helicopters soon drones will be on board ike and other aircraft carriers like it before returning to its home base here in norfolk virginia the u.s.s....
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let's go back now inside eisenhower hall to the hudson valley holiday concert. here are the hellcats and the west point band perfor performing military classics. ♪ ♪ [drums ] ♪ [music playing] ♪ ♪ ♪ [music playing] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [music playing] [drum roll ] ♪ [music playing] [ applause ] [applause] jon: amazing music. we'll have plenty more from the holiday concert as west point holiday continues. first here is the band's brass quartet performing an alfred berk immediate medley. ♪ [music playing] ♪ [music playing] ♪ [music playing] this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day afr day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] e pill eachmorning. 24 hours. zero heartbur ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing] ♪ [singing] jon: welcome back to fox news channel's west point holiday special. that was the west point glee club singing the alma mater. army officers look forward to a well deserved break
let's go back now inside eisenhower hall to the hudson valley holiday concert. here are the hellcats and the west point band perfor performing military classics. ♪ ♪ [drums ] ♪ [music playing] ♪ ♪ ♪ [music playing] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [music playing] [drum roll ] ♪ [music playing] [ applause ] [applause] jon: amazing music. we'll have plenty more from the holiday concert as west point holiday continues. first here is the band's brass quartet performing an alfred berk immediate medley....
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eisenhower's predecessor as the american commander in europe. relieved by marshall and moved to command an air force boot camp in wichita falls. [laughter] the 90th division is a fascinating instance. it's where my book begins, it's the prologue, is the 90th division. they go through three division commanders that summer, and finally they get a good division commander. this kind of goes to the management versus leadership question. when they get a good commander, the division turns around. now, they go through hell first. their replacement rate for infantrymen that summer was 100%. one day william depue, then a young officer -- i think he was a captain at that point -- is standing with his regimental commander, and they see 800 men walking toward them. and the regimental commander says which battalion is that, and depue says that's not a battalion, that's today's replacements. they chewed up that division through poor leadership. so much so that omar bradley considered breaking up the division and simply using it as replacement fodder for other
eisenhower's predecessor as the american commander in europe. relieved by marshall and moved to command an air force boot camp in wichita falls. [laughter] the 90th division is a fascinating instance. it's where my book begins, it's the prologue, is the 90th division. they go through three division commanders that summer, and finally they get a good division commander. this kind of goes to the management versus leadership question. when they get a good commander, the division turns around. now,...
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eisenhower a ship that recently returned home from a six month voyage and r.t. air r.t. correspondent liz wall was a norful for genuine when the ship docked and found out what this beast of the seas capable of and where it's headed next. just in time for the holidays the u.s.s. eisenhower makes its way back from the middle east on board about five thousand sailors. ike as it's known as one of ten aircraft carriers the u.s. navy now has been commissioned the massive military ship has an estimated worth of four point five billion dollars over a thousand feet long i can carry eighty to ninety aircraft that includes planes and helicopters soon drones will be on board ike and other aircraft carriers like it before returning to its home base here in norfolk virginia the u.s.s. eisenhower was one of the largest instruments of power in the persian gulf as part of the fifth fleet there was ready to respond in the event of an emergency in the middle east for six months the u.s.s. eisenhower was tasked with keeping the peace in the waters of the middle east we completed a six month
eisenhower a ship that recently returned home from a six month voyage and r.t. air r.t. correspondent liz wall was a norful for genuine when the ship docked and found out what this beast of the seas capable of and where it's headed next. just in time for the holidays the u.s.s. eisenhower makes its way back from the middle east on board about five thousand sailors. ike as it's known as one of ten aircraft carriers the u.s. navy now has been commissioned the massive military ship has an...
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did in the early fifty's when well during the recession the recession fifty one fifty two and eisenhower came in started building it actually i was system the g.i. bill they were there were you know in any case so where is this going to go i think you know frankly should've gone a step farther as an initial mission negotiated point and said we're not going to roll back the bush tax cuts we're going to roll back the reagan tax cuts and you know let's take it back to seventy four percent but you know mark i think there's a mistake here i don't think anything's really going to get done i think again that the main thing the main constituency of the newly elected and the incumbents is their party it's not the american people they can pass a budget i don't see why anybody thinks they can all the sudden compromise and get this done when they have been able to pass a budget in years i don't agree with taking capital gains taxes i think you need to cut taxes and cut spending and then let the economy grow on its own i think this is a four solution i don't think you know your way to prosper never e
did in the early fifty's when well during the recession the recession fifty one fifty two and eisenhower came in started building it actually i was system the g.i. bill they were there were you know in any case so where is this going to go i think you know frankly should've gone a step farther as an initial mission negotiated point and said we're not going to roll back the bush tax cuts we're going to roll back the reagan tax cuts and you know let's take it back to seventy four percent but you...
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eisenhower hall. named for dwight eisenhower, it's one of the largest theaters in america designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. so let's get right to it. here is the west pointed band in the holiday concert performing. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> jon: we have much more of hudson valley holiday concert as the special continues, as well as behind the scenes look. as we take a quick break. here the west point glee club singing mansions of the lord. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ to the best vacation spot on earth. (all) the gulf! it doesn't matter which of our great states folks visit. mississippi, alabam louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. now is the perfect time to visit anyone of our states. the
eisenhower hall. named for dwight eisenhower, it's one of the largest theaters in america designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. so let's get right to it. here is the west pointed band in the holiday concert performing. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> jon: we have much more of hudson valley holiday concert as the special continues, as well as behind the scenes look. as we take a quick break. here the west point glee club singing mansions of...
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administration i think we should go back to old fashioned republican values eisenhower supported right to unionize and start a card check a. tax rate of ninety one percent aggressively supported it and you know he supported branding down our military he paid off a national debt that was one hundred twenty seven percent of g.d.p. and how did he do that by building roads hospitals and schools all across this country none of these things are things that you guys would even consider any more what happened to eisenhower and kennedy ran against him as a tired old man carrying it around against him in effect his i know he ran he ran as an x. i know he ran against nixon but his campaign message was in essence he was running against the eisenhower years as a young man who was going to rebuild our defenses i mean what about the bomber gap was he i was a kid. your hero clinton we talked about the family we can we can debate kennedy if you want but you completely change the subject what happened to liberate eisenhower republicans what happened to values a very good party a liberal republican and a
administration i think we should go back to old fashioned republican values eisenhower supported right to unionize and start a card check a. tax rate of ninety one percent aggressively supported it and you know he supported branding down our military he paid off a national debt that was one hundred twenty seven percent of g.d.p. and how did he do that by building roads hospitals and schools all across this country none of these things are things that you guys would even consider any more what...
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eisenhower makes its way back from the middle east on board about five thousand sailors. ike as it's known as one of ten aircraft carriers the u.s. navy now has been commissioned the massive military ship has an estimated worth of four point five billion dollars over a thousand feet long i can carry eighty to ninety aircraft that includes planes and helicopters soon drones will be on board ike and other aircraft carriers like it before returning to its home base here in norfolk virginia the u.s.s. eisenhower was one of the largest instruments of power in the persian gulf as part of the fifth fleet there was ready to rip bud in the event of an emergency in the middle east for six months the u.s.s. eisenhower was tasked with keeping the peace in the waters of the middle east we completed a six month deployment over the mediterranean european gulf the indian ocean and we executed our mission to set the conditions for economic prosperity and maritime security part of that means patrolling the strait of hormuz a critical waterway through which twenty percent of the world's oil
eisenhower makes its way back from the middle east on board about five thousand sailors. ike as it's known as one of ten aircraft carriers the u.s. navy now has been commissioned the massive military ship has an estimated worth of four point five billion dollars over a thousand feet long i can carry eighty to ninety aircraft that includes planes and helicopters soon drones will be on board ike and other aircraft carriers like it before returning to its home base here in norfolk virginia the...
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here is eisenhower on june 328, 1957, which was a sunday private ceremony. inaugural address here is a very old picture to this is from 1865. this is abraham lincoln's second inauguration, it is very famous speech in which he said. in 1943 franklin d. roosevelt the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. john f. kennedy in 1961 ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. in the departure of the old president hears george w. bush departing the scene on the back of the capitol for years ago flying off in a helicopter looking back at the capitol, and there's a luncheon, obama's luncheon for years ago and then return to the white house after that it's the first time a first lady ever drove back to the white house with the president in 1909 with william howard taft and the obama's what part of the distance. jimmy carter and rosalynn carter walked the entire distance in 1977 from the capitol back to the white house. in the inaugural parade that will take place the reviewing is always set up in the white house there's the whit
here is eisenhower on june 328, 1957, which was a sunday private ceremony. inaugural address here is a very old picture to this is from 1865. this is abraham lincoln's second inauguration, it is very famous speech in which he said. in 1943 franklin d. roosevelt the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. john f. kennedy in 1961 ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. in the departure of the old president hears george w. bush departing the scene on the...
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marshall and eisenhower were serious. >> how did this lead to the cold war? >> because it led to a lot of mistrust between the united states and the soviets beginning -- the seeds of the colored war are visible during the war. and certain tension because the fact there was a second front, meant that the soviets had on their own to see that the german s -- were pushing across central europe and moving toward berlin, so we lost the military mission and on to diplomatic so there are doles being made between churchill and stalin of -- >> dividing up -- >> yeah, the british will get 90% of greece. the russians get 90% of bulgaria, and hungary, and divide it up that way. it was pretty cynical. but when roosevelt dies, in april of '45, his last telegram to churchill was, we always have these minor disafremonts with the russians about we end up resolving them so let's not make a big deal. no reason we can't maintain friendship after the war. when truman gets in there in 1945, april 12, he immediately takes a different course. roosevelt's alliance with the wartime all
marshall and eisenhower were serious. >> how did this lead to the cold war? >> because it led to a lot of mistrust between the united states and the soviets beginning -- the seeds of the colored war are visible during the war. and certain tension because the fact there was a second front, meant that the soviets had on their own to see that the german s -- were pushing across central europe and moving toward berlin, so we lost the military mission and on to diplomatic so there are...
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here's eisenhower on january 25th 1967 which was a sunday private ceremony. the inaugural address there's a very old picture this is from 1865. this is abraham lincoln's second inauguration and a very famous speech there in which he said with charity for all franklin d. roosevelt the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. john f. kennedy in 1961, ask not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. in the departure of the old president. here's george w. bush departing the scene on the back of the capitol for years ago flying off in a helicopter looking back at the capitol. then there's a luncheon, obama's luncheon for years ago. and then to return to the white house. after that this is the first time that a first lady ever drove back to the white house with the president in 1909 that is nellie taft with william howard taft. we will see that again this time. the kennedy's, obama walked part of the distance. jimmy carter and rosalynn carter walked the entire distance of the my yolly and half in 1977 from the capitol back to the wh
here's eisenhower on january 25th 1967 which was a sunday private ceremony. the inaugural address there's a very old picture this is from 1865. this is abraham lincoln's second inauguration and a very famous speech there in which he said with charity for all franklin d. roosevelt the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. john f. kennedy in 1961, ask not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. in the departure of the old president. here's george w. bush...
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president eisenhower praised both the nixon's for their work, trip. even the american press noticed pats roll on the tour. the new york journal american explained that although she did not make speeches are carrying on the hind policy discussions, she wore her -- bore her full share of the workflow. her love of travel and openness to new peoples and places her quick smile and kind heart and your church of the people she met and made her a wonderful unofficial ambassador of the united states. in fact, in 1957 journalists are all maaco labeled her her this country's most effective female ambassador goodwill after accompanying pat and dick on a tour in italy and watching as she quote turned heads by the thousands and potentates by the dozen. without talking politics pat managed to win over not only the ragged women in a morobe and salt market but also sultan mohammed who granted her an unprecedented formal audience. her goal she told them was to convince people we enjoy being here and are generally interested in them. as it was not the only one to see th
president eisenhower praised both the nixon's for their work, trip. even the american press noticed pats roll on the tour. the new york journal american explained that although she did not make speeches are carrying on the hind policy discussions, she wore her -- bore her full share of the workflow. her love of travel and openness to new peoples and places her quick smile and kind heart and your church of the people she met and made her a wonderful unofficial ambassador of the united states. in...
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reading about this new appreciation for eisenhower. i've been reading about eisenhower. that's just heavy stuff. talk about it. talk about this project. it's unbelievable. >> well, this project has been great because my kids love it. you know, older people love it. i think it really brings you -- you know, we all want to know what's going on in the oval office, and you wish you could hear the conversations. and this is probably as close as we'll get. and i think you really hear, you know, what's real and what's not. and president eisenhower, obviously, you know, his military opinion was pretty valuable. for me, it was amazing how much they were thinking about berlin, how scary this was, how incredibly intense the whole situation was, which was 50 years ago this week. >> it's also fascinating that your dad, like all incoming presidents, look -- they look at the last president kind of, come on. old guy, get out of my way. and then you hear the cuban missle crisis really brought them together where your dad was thinking, okay. it's like the president's club. you read it. yo
reading about this new appreciation for eisenhower. i've been reading about eisenhower. that's just heavy stuff. talk about it. talk about this project. it's unbelievable. >> well, this project has been great because my kids love it. you know, older people love it. i think it really brings you -- you know, we all want to know what's going on in the oval office, and you wish you could hear the conversations. and this is probably as close as we'll get. and i think you really hear, you know,...
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eisenhower has to say, what am i going to do? eisenhower says to the governor of south carolina, what do i do? the governor was a moderate and had resigned from the supreme court. if you send in troops into arkansas, you'll have to reoccupy the south. public opinion for human-rights was exactly the opposite. the attorney general says to eisenhower, you have to send in troops. and he did. he took paratroopers from the 131st airborne. -- the 101st airborne . it has to be popular. he took those thousand troops deliberately chosen because they were the heroes of world war ii. every american knew that at the time. they put them on the airplanes and may take those children and that picture went around the world. fabulous. the supreme court said, absolutely, you do this. the day after the supreme court said that, the governor closed the schools. they remained close for about eight months. that was the beginning of freedom riders into the south. martin luther king andit was a whole movement. why am i telling you this? i did not see how y
eisenhower has to say, what am i going to do? eisenhower says to the governor of south carolina, what do i do? the governor was a moderate and had resigned from the supreme court. if you send in troops into arkansas, you'll have to reoccupy the south. public opinion for human-rights was exactly the opposite. the attorney general says to eisenhower, you have to send in troops. and he did. he took paratroopers from the 131st airborne. -- the 101st airborne . it has to be popular. he took those...
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i wish the president had the republican party of great eisenhower we could really rebuild this economy but instead he has a very intransigent republican party that's going to fight him every step of the way the amazing thing to me is that how much of a backbone the president's head in terms of putting his plan on the table rallying his troops the people who voted for him in the in the election and asserting i won this election it's time to raise taxes on the very wealthy and roll it back. and cut taxes for everybody else it's a very very strong hand he has and we'll see how long he can keep it going yeah well and the essentially what what you know it when i was harmonizing our what i was saying was you know i said howard grew us out of the recession and that's that's what this is a recipe for and as opposed to cutting us out of out of a recession after it's find out that obama doesn't deed have the republican party that point eisenhower had but one thing that. we're seeing right now is that republicans already floating a trial balloon to essentially see if they can indeed get away with
i wish the president had the republican party of great eisenhower we could really rebuild this economy but instead he has a very intransigent republican party that's going to fight him every step of the way the amazing thing to me is that how much of a backbone the president's head in terms of putting his plan on the table rallying his troops the people who voted for him in the in the election and asserting i won this election it's time to raise taxes on the very wealthy and roll it back. and...
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administration i think we should go back to old fashioned republican values eisenhower supported the right to unionize card check in fact he supported a top tax rate of ninety one percent aggressively supported it. ramping down our military he paid off a national debt that was one hundred twenty seven percent of g.d.p. and how do you do that by building roads hospitals and schools all across this country none of these things are things that you guys will even consider any more what happened i did then and then kennedy ran against him as a tired old man. in effect i know he ran he ran as a next i know he ran against nixon but his campaign message was in essence he was running against the eisenhower years as a young man who was going to rebuild our defenses i mean with about the bomber gap where he was. your hero clearly talked about the family we could we can debate kennedy if you want but you completely change the subject what will happen to our republicans what happened the value was a very popular liberal republican and. dealer who is a popular liberal republican i don't romney was
administration i think we should go back to old fashioned republican values eisenhower supported the right to unionize card check in fact he supported a top tax rate of ninety one percent aggressively supported it. ramping down our military he paid off a national debt that was one hundred twenty seven percent of g.d.p. and how do you do that by building roads hospitals and schools all across this country none of these things are things that you guys will even consider any more what happened i...
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so eisenhower felt strongly. and roosevelt have felt strongly along those lines that's why she's focusing on the two weeks how rapidly things change in the first two weeks when truman takes over and truman comes in and he is laid over his head which he admits. he has recurring nightmares as vice president that they not on the door in the middle of the night, the secret service would come and see the president is dead, your president now. that was his nightmare for good reason. he was not prepared. he wasn't chosen because he was qualified to run a. when they chose him in 44 to run for the senate, prendergast was asked by the newspapers' white teaches him to run for the senate? and prendergast says i want to serve the world as a well oiled machine to take an office boy and get him elected to the senate. truman in his first term is considered the senator from prendergast shunned by the other senators. even in the second term he develops more of a national reputation but he's not an expert on any of these kind of is
so eisenhower felt strongly. and roosevelt have felt strongly along those lines that's why she's focusing on the two weeks how rapidly things change in the first two weeks when truman takes over and truman comes in and he is laid over his head which he admits. he has recurring nightmares as vice president that they not on the door in the middle of the night, the secret service would come and see the president is dead, your president now. that was his nightmare for good reason. he was not...
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eisenhower was sure at that point. he didn't begin to doubt that until august 6, 1945 when he got word of the atomic phone so eisenhower felt strongly and roosevelt had felt strongly along those lines. that is why was focusing even those two weeks how rapidly things changed in the first two weeks and truman takes over. takes over. truman comes in andy's way over his head which he admits to everybody. everybody. he had this recurring nightmare is vice president that there had been a knock on a store in the middle of the night in the secret service would come and say the president is dead. that was his nightmare and it was his nightmare for good reason. he was not chosen because he was qualified to run but he first chosen in 1944 to run for the senate. he is asked by the newspaper's 42 choose harry truman to run for the senate? he said i want to show the world that a well run machine can take an office boy in the election to the senate and truman in's first term there is considered a senator from prendergast. even in his
eisenhower was sure at that point. he didn't begin to doubt that until august 6, 1945 when he got word of the atomic phone so eisenhower felt strongly and roosevelt had felt strongly along those lines. that is why was focusing even those two weeks how rapidly things changed in the first two weeks and truman takes over. takes over. truman comes in andy's way over his head which he admits to everybody. everybody. he had this recurring nightmare is vice president that there had been a knock on a...
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administration no no we're going to have a thirty percent yeah like eisenhower did here's and here's the problem you know eisenhower had good are employed because america had no competition europe would still bomb despite the result was really awful your europe was rebuilding we were out of we're going to know here's the real problem so much of our debt is short term debt under the obama budget plan by twenty twenty two are our national debts going to be twenty five trillion dollars at some point our creditors are going to take a look yes trust me on this and. at some point our creditors are going to take a look at us to go you know america is not that great of a credit risk what happens when anybody is not that great of a credit risk and the interest rates skyrocket and they're and they're there and we're borrowing money at less than two percent they're borrowing money as normally low rates and when these interest rates are normal it's because you know the full faith and credit of the united states is a pretty good thing and low. yes the republicans to work the low ok let's move on
administration no no we're going to have a thirty percent yeah like eisenhower did here's and here's the problem you know eisenhower had good are employed because america had no competition europe would still bomb despite the result was really awful your europe was rebuilding we were out of we're going to know here's the real problem so much of our debt is short term debt under the obama budget plan by twenty twenty two are our national debts going to be twenty five trillion dollars at some...
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administration i don't know if you have a thirty percent yeah but eisenhower did here's and here's the problem you know eisenhower had good are employed because america had no competition europe would still bomb despite the result was really awful europe that europe was rebuilding we were out of we're in is we don't know here's the real problem so much of our debt is short term debt under the obama budget plan by twenty twenty two our debt our national debts going to be twenty five trillion dollars. but you're going to go up and start consuming the literally the entire but we all know that they're going to go up because the fed has basically said that they're going to start ignoring inflation in favor of jobs and they all want to pay off the debt with deflated or with the inflated dollar the value dollar i agree with you on that newt gingrich was on a local talk show in cincinnati this morning any blame the shootings in connecticut on godlessness in our schools check this out. when you have an anti religious secular bureaucracy and secular judiciary seeking to drop out of the public. s
administration i don't know if you have a thirty percent yeah but eisenhower did here's and here's the problem you know eisenhower had good are employed because america had no competition europe would still bomb despite the result was really awful europe that europe was rebuilding we were out of we're in is we don't know here's the real problem so much of our debt is short term debt under the obama budget plan by twenty twenty two our debt our national debts going to be twenty five trillion...
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under during the eisenhower even in the forty's after the second world war so i think we have periods of time in recent memory that are very well documented where we wanted to be a just and fair and egalitarian society and made huge strides toward doing that it can be done what was america like just before the new deal we're going to shape up for the new deal well first of all of course we had a great depression massive and widespread poverty and i don't need to remind you or most of your viewers that the source of the great depression was also the source of the financial crisis of two thousand and eight which was regulated and under regulated banking behavior criminality and so forth so we had that widespread poverty and all the almost we also had senior poverty that at the most conservative estimates was above fifty percent about fifty to fifty three percent and that's why the roosevelt administration responded with the w.p.a. and other initiatives to put people back to work and spine the pump of the economy to get it going again created social security which drops senior poverty fr
under during the eisenhower even in the forty's after the second world war so i think we have periods of time in recent memory that are very well documented where we wanted to be a just and fair and egalitarian society and made huge strides toward doing that it can be done what was america like just before the new deal we're going to shape up for the new deal well first of all of course we had a great depression massive and widespread poverty and i don't need to remind you or most of your...